Montgomery College

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About Montgomery College

Dr. Sanjay Rai, senior vice president for academic affairs at Montgomery College, is an outspoken champion and ardent supporter of innovations that advance community college student success in academic, career, technical, and workforce development programs. Since his appointment to the SVP position in 2014, he has transformed the Academic Affairs Division, leading efforts to pursue grants and resulting in the College being awarded $25M in Department of Labor grants, as well as partnerships with business and industry (Amarex, InfoSys, BIOTrain) that led to the development of innovative workforce development programs in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Data Science, and Cloud Computing. These successful partnerships have been recognized nationally. He also developed a collegewide academic structure which encouraged collaboration, innovation, and intensified focus on student success. He supported and encouraged development and use of open education resources (OER), and other student success initiatives including online degrees; the redesign of General Education, General Studies, and developmental education programs; the development of alternative placement processes; and the implementation of academic program advising, among others.